Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Are the updates for the Microsoft Office for Mac currently available? The security update for Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac and Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021 are not immediately available. The updates will be released as soon as possible, and when they are available, customers will be notified via a revision to this CVE information.
According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution? The word Remote in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally. This means an attacker or victim needs to execute code from the local machine to exploit the vulnerability.
According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? An attacker must send the user a malicious file and convince them to open it.
🎯 Affected products14
- Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 32-bit Systems
- Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64-bit Systems
- Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft Excel 2016 (32-bit edition)
- Microsoft Excel 2016 (64-bit edition)
- Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editions
- Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editions
- Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac
- Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit editions
- Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editions
- Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021
- Microsoft Office Online Server
✅ Remediation
KBClick to Run (Security Update) — fixed build https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases KBRelease Notes (Security Update) — fixed build 16.76.23081101 KB5002435 (Security Update) — fixed build 16.0.10401.20022 KB5002463 (Security Update) — fixed build 16.0.5408.1002 KB5002451 (Security Update) — fixed build 15.0.5579.1001
🔗 References (11)
- advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36896
- referencehttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/microsoft365-apps-security-updates
- patchhttps://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=831049
- patchhttps://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?familyid=7e8da1c4-ebec-4edc-87e0-3c895ef1e88f
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/5002435
- patchhttps://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?familyid=5b2826e7-01bb-4dc5-af73-753ee845f57d
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/5002463
- patchhttps://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?familyid=bf124c47-f6f2-4851-9348-77128468d279
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/5002451
- patchhttps://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?familyid=ba9c1d96-de43-4dc1-a358-bd59af21b954
- patchhttps://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?familyid=571659e3-f35f-40ea-950a-6d5689b12ea3